Franklin Grove UMC Calendar

Recurring Each Week:

Sundays - 9:00am Sunday School 10:15am Worship 11:30am Coffee Hour

Mondays - 5:30pm Piano Lessons 6:00pm Guitar Lessons

Wednesdays - 10:30am Meadows Bible Study (except 1/5, 1/12, 2/9, 2/16)

And

Sunday, January 2 Mark Forrester's Birthday Monday, January 3 Adam Viall's Birthday Wednesday, January 5 Phyllis Williar's Birthday 6:00pm 1st Wednesday Worship – Unity Service at Lee Center UCC Thursday, January 6 6:30pm Trustees Friday, January 7 Amy Hilliker's Birthday

Saturday, January 8 Nancy Cater's Birthday 8:30am DeKalb Leadership Training Saturday, January 15 Devereaux Davis' Birthday Tuesday, January 18 7:00am HUB CLUSTER Wednesday, January 19 Elizabeth Roberson's Birthday Thursday, January 20 7:00pm Church Council Friday, January 21 Allan Lackland's Birthday Macy Fair's Birthday Saturday, January 22 Brian Runkle's Birthday 6:00pm Winter Jam Monday, January 24 7:15pm Community Church Council Sunday, January 30 11:30am Sunday School Soup and Sandwich Tuesday, February 1 Amy Malm's Birthday Wednesday, February 2 Dwayne and Nichole (Kemp) Davis' Anniversary 6:00pm 1st Wednesday Worship Thursday, February 3 Shawn Roberson's birthday 6:30pm Trustees Saturday, February 5 Laity Convocation 8:00pm HUB soup & dessert

Monday, February 7 Sylvia Bartlett's Birthday Tuesday, February 8 Max Meacham's Birthday Wednesday, February 9 Ethan Drew's Birthday 7:00pm Memorial Committee Meeting Saturday, February 12 5:00pm Valentine's Get Together Monday, February 14 Gary and Nancy Cater's Anniversary John Payton Hilliker's Birthday Mark and Cindy Tilsy's Anniversary Tuesday, February 15 7:00am HUB Cluster Thursday, February 17 7:00pm Church Council Friday, February 18 Amy Runkle's Birthday Ashley Kemp's Birthday Thursday, February 24 Walk to Emmaus (Men's) Lorene Coy's Birthday Friday, February 25 Walk to Emmaus (Men's) Kelly Viall's Birthday Saturday, February 26 Walk to Emmaus (Men's) Monday, February 28 Milton Miller's Birthday 7:15pm Community Church Council

Franklin GroveUnited Methodist

Church

223 W. Middle St.

P.O. Box 348

Franklin Grove, IL 61 031

phone: 81 5-456-2456

fax: 81 5-456-2456

www.franklingroveumc.com

email : revkarl@gmail .com

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Church Service 1 0:1 5 a.m.

F r a n k l i n G r o v e U n i t e dM e t h o d i s t C h u r c h

January/February 2011

THE CROSS AND FLAME IS A CIRCLE OF THE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN DEDICATED TO PRAISE, COMMUNICATION,

SERVICE, AND FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THE CHURCH FAMILY.

The Cross & Flame

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The Unity Service is

January 5th at UCC

Potluck dinner

at 6 p.m.

Service at 7 p.m.

Franklin Grove United

Methodist Church is

Gathering

Growing

Going

If your heart is where ours

is, come and join us!

Thankyou to the Sunday SchoolClasses forsinging and

leading worship on December12th. It was a windy and

snowyday but the service was enjoyed. It is always a joy

to see ourkids participating in worship.

Thankyou to Dennis andCharlene fortheirwonderful

performance of"Downtown Live"on thisday aswell. †

Making a Joyful NoiseSundaySchool

ChristmasProgram

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Reynolds - Fundraising auction is Sat. , Feb. 26th at Mi l ls & Petrie Bldg. ,Ashton. Wi l l have l ive and si lent auctions, bake sale and lunch stand.

Our next meeting for lay representative and clergy is Tuesday, January18, 2011 at Esmond UMC at 7:00 PM †

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IN THE CROSS AND FLAME?

SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO NANCY CATER AT garycater@yahoo.com OR DROP IT OFF AT CHURCH.

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Hub Cluster

The Hub Cluster is hosting a Soup & Dessert Supper on Saturday,February 5th from 4:30 - 7 p.m. at Ashton UMC. There are many spotswhere volunteers are needed from making desserts to volunteering oneither Friday February 4th or Saturday, February 5th. Please see sign upsheet at church to sign up. We are looking for Jr and Sr. High youth to helpserve drinks during the meal from 4:15 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. The cost ofthe supper is $5 per person. In addition to the supper, there wi l l a lso be asi lent auction on fancy desserts this night. †

Please mark your calendar and plan on coming out to the DeKalb

Convocation Center on Saturday, January 22nd for the Winter Jam

Concert featuring Newsboys, David Crowder Band, Kutless, Red,

Francesca Battistel l i , NewSong, KJ-52, Tony Nolan, Sidewalk Prophets,

Chris August and Chris Sl igh. Tickets cost $10 and are only sold at the

door on a first come first serve basis as you go through the door. Tickets

need to be paid for with either cash or check. Check's can be made out

to NewSong Ministries. Seating is on a first come first serve basis as you

enter the Convocation Center. The concert starts at 6 p.m. and wi l l end

no later than 9:45 p.m. that night. Please let Pastor Karl know if you are

interested in coming out for a night of worship and fun. Please see

http: //www.hearitfirst.com/winterjam/faq.aspx for more information. †

Soup andDessertSupperSaturday, February5, 2011

LookAheadDatesforHubCluster

Winter JamChristian Concert in

DeKalb

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"GOD UNDERSTANDS OUR PRAYER

EVEN WHEN WE CAN'T FIND THE WORDS TO SAY THEM."

DeKalb District Leadership Training

You are invited to join our church in

attending the Laity Convocation on

Saturday, February 5th at Sycamore

United Methodist Church. The guest

speaker for the day wi l l be Bishop Robert

Schnase, author of Five Fruitful Practices

of Congregations. The day wi l l be spent

looking at the five fruitful practices of

congregations: Radical Hospital i ty,

Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith

Development, Risk-Taking Mission and

Service and Extravagant Generosity.

Laity Convocation

February 5, 2011

The morning wi l l conclude with a 15 minute closing that wi l l end by noon onthis day. Please let Pastor Karl know if you are able to attend so he canregister you for this event. There is no cost for this training but they wouldappreciate registrations by January 5th . †

Please let Pastor Karl

know by January 28th

i f you are able to attend.

January 8th is theDeKalb DistrictLeadership TrainingEvent held at Sterl ingWesley UMC at 220016th Ave. in Sterl ing.Registration goes from8:15 a.m. to 8:50 withworship fol lowing.

Everyone attendingwi l l choose one of thefol lowing workshopsto attend: StaffParish, RadicalHospital i ty, Missions,Harvest 2020,Finance, 21stCommunication andLaity."Leadership ispracticednotsomuch

inwordsas inattitudeandinactions."

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You are invited to join other Moms from al l around the world at the Heartsat Home National Conference on March 11th - 12th in Bloomington, IL.Hearts at Home meets the unique, changing needs of moms in every season ofmotherhood. Because kids don't come with instructions, moms need a placewhere they can find answers to their questions. Moms need a place where theycan find the wisdom they need. Because we l ive in a "bigger is better" culture,moms are looking for perspective and help balancing work,home, self-care, parenting, marriage, and mothering.

You can choose to do one or two days of theconference. If you register by Feb. 9th the cost for oneday of the conference is $87. Please see Ann if you areinterested in going to talk about carpool ing. This is aGREAT conference to attend. You wi l l come home feel ingrefreshed and ready to face the dai ly chal lenges of being a mom. And moreimportantly, you wi l l hopeful ly experience a newfound strength through adeeper friendship with God.

Bottom l ine, Hearts at Home has been sucessful because we address theissues today's moms deal with everyday. Revolutionize your mothering journeyand register for the conference at www.hearts-at-home.org. Please see Ann orLynda with questions. †

"WHEN WE PUT OUR CARES IN HIS HANDS, HE PUTS HIS PEACE IN OUR HEARTS."

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Hearts at Home

A Christian Conference for Moms of all Ages

Laity Convocation

February 5, 2011

Everybody is invitedto a night ofgoodfood, friends, andfun at

Tana andJerry Spires house on SaturdayFebruary 12th. Tana and

Jerry live at 1115Pickwickin Rochelle. More details forthcoming as

we get closerto February as faras time, menu andfoodsign-up.

This is a great opportunity to spenda night with church family and

friends. No date neededto come. Just please RSVPto Tana by

February 1st so she can plan accordingly. †

Valentine'sGet Together

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Thank you to Karen Fair for organizing the CommunityChurch Counci l 's Christmas boxes. There were 21 boxesdel ivered throughout the community on December 15th.This was made possible with Karen's help, and the helpof the Community Church Counci l and Mr. Petit's

FFA class. †

Thank you to Nicole Jungnickel forgiving the Praise Band a groove.You can hear some of her drummingat franklingroveumc. com by cl ickingon Music for Worship by the Praise

Band picture. I t is a joy to have a talenteddrummer in worship. †

Please plan on staying after church on Sunday January30th to enjoy a meal together. The Sunday SchoolClasses wi l l host a meal on this day immediately fol lowingchurch in order to raise money for future Sunday School field trips. This is agreat way to support our Sunday School kids and let them know that youthink they are important. Sunday School field trips are a great way to helpbui ld relationships and keep the kids motivated to come back each week tolearn more about God. †

Our thoughts and prayers are with the fami ly of Arvi l la Mae"Susie" Girton who passed away December 5th. May God's loveand comfort surround the fami ly at this time of loss. †

Sympathy is extended to the fami ly of Mike Ford who died on December18th. May the grace of God help them through this difficult time. †

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CROSS AND FLAME ARE DUE ON THE SECOND TO LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH

(THOUGH PREFERABLY MUCH SOONER).

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With Sincere Sympathy

You wi l l find this months newsletter to be forJanuary/February. We have included thecalendar for both months. Any new events orhappenings not included in this newsletter, wi l lbe l isted in the church bul letin each Sunday oron the church website.

(www.franklingroveumc. com). †

ForYour Information

A NewArrival

Congratulations to Glenda

and Al Lackland on the birth

of their new grandson

Nathaniel Lackland Niggley.

Nathaniel was born on

Monday, December 6, 2010

to Grayce and Jason Niggley.

Sunday School Soup and Supper

With Great Appreciation